2O2 ADVENTURES OF DR. ALLEN. 



water was at its lowest mark, and the sharp rocks had given 

 her some fearful knocks. 



As she was half full of water, I was obliged to stop for 

 repairs, and fortunately I had with me a bucket of pitch, 

 which saved me from walking the rest of the way. I was 

 out of fresh meat, and resolved to get a supply. About noon 

 a large mountain sheep came toward the river, then an- 

 other and still another appeared ; so I selected a fine young 

 lamb, and was soon packing it away in the boat. 



Near Glendive I met a party of hunters, some of whom 

 I had seen before, while others were known to me by repu- 

 tation. When I arrived at Fort Buford, the old steamer Mc- 

 Cloud was getting ready to make her last trip for that sea- 

 son. Gladly I quitted my frail craft and took cabin pas- 

 sage for Bismarck, well protected from the inclemency of 

 the weather. Never mortal man felt happier than I at that 

 time. For thirteen days I had been battling with wind and 

 waves, exposed to many dangers, and with no companion to 

 cheer me on the way. 



We made the trip from Fort Buford to Bismarck in 

 four days. When I boarded the railroad train I was wearing 

 my buckskin suit, which made me an object of no little curi- 

 osity and remark to the Eastern people, who, perhaps, re- 

 garded me as at least half savage. When my home station 

 was reached, I stopped at a hotel and barely escaped being 

 refused the privilege of the house, owing to my appearance. 

 But, after convincing the landlord that I was born of civil- 

 ized parents, in the state of Ohio,, he consented to let me 

 remain. With a good team and driver, the fourteen miles 

 to my home were soon passed, and at last I found myself 

 again among friends. 



